Publications
Selected publications
immgenT: A Comprehensive Reference of Convergent T-cell States in the Mouse
Magill I, Casey O, Mallah D, Panigrahi SS, Zhou L, Barreiro O, Bangs D, Bee GCW, Borys S, Choi J … Freuchet A … Zemmour D, the immgenT Project (50 more authors)
bioRxiv. 2026 Feb 2Preprint
immgenT CD4: A Reference Landscape of Mouse CD4+ T Cells
Mehrotra N, Bangs D, Figueroa AL, Bee GCW, Lai R, Shinkawa T, Osum KC, Freuchet A, Zhang Z, Nogueira L … Zemmour D, the immgenT Project (9 more authors)
bioRxiv. 2026 Jun 2Preprint
A Reference Landscape of Regulatory T Cell States in Mice
Freuchet A, Mehrotra N, Magill I, Casey O, Chi X, Zhang S, Imianowski C, Myers J, Huh J, Brossay L … Zemmour D, the immgenT Project (2 more authors)
bioRxiv. 2026 Feb 2Preprint
The CD8 immgenT framework as a universal reference of mouse CD8αβ T cell differentiation states
Galletti G, Globig AM, Barreiro O, Heim TA, Liu S, Borys SM, Casey O, Monell A, Patravali D, Scharping NE … Goldrath AW^, Zemmour D^ (9 more authors)
bioRxiv. 2026 Feb 4PreprintPMID 41676596
Olivas AD*, Mou Ngai PC*, Schahrer E, Xing J, Ghadiri M, Olortegui KS, Cursio JF, Akiyama S, Chang EB, Shen L … Zemmour D^, Weber CR^ (2 more authors)
Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2025. 19(10). 101563PMID 40571096
Preprints
Posted on bioRxiv and not yet peer reviewed.
immgenT CD4: A Reference Landscape of Mouse CD4+ T Cells
Mehrotra N, Bangs D, Figueroa AL, Bee GCW, Lai R, Shinkawa T, Osum KC, Freuchet A, Zhang Z, Nogueira L … Zemmour D, the immgenT Project (9 more authors)
bioRxiv. 2026 Jun 2Preprint
Diverse Microbial Exposure Enhances CD8(+) T Cell Effector Memory Output and Function
Thefaine CE, Lucas ED, Block KE, Pierson M, Dehm EM, Huggins MA, Casey OW, Zemmour D, Jameson SC, Hamilton SE
bioRxiv. 2026 Feb 4PreprintPMID 41676686
The CD8 immgenT framework as a universal reference of mouse CD8αβ T cell differentiation states
Galletti G, Globig AM, Barreiro O, Heim TA, Liu S, Borys SM, Casey O, Monell A, Patravali D, Scharping NE … Goldrath AW^, Zemmour D^ (9 more authors)
bioRxiv. 2026 Feb 4PreprintPMID 41676596
A Reference Landscape of Regulatory T Cell States in Mice
Freuchet A, Mehrotra N, Magill I, Casey O, Chi X, Zhang S, Imianowski C, Myers J, Huh J, Brossay L … Zemmour D, the immgenT Project (2 more authors)
bioRxiv. 2026 Feb 2Preprint
immgenT: A Comprehensive Reference of Convergent T-cell States in the Mouse
Magill I, Casey O, Mallah D, Panigrahi SS, Zhou L, Barreiro O, Bangs D, Bee GCW, Borys S, Choi J … Freuchet A … Zemmour D, the immgenT Project (50 more authors)
bioRxiv. 2026 Feb 2Preprint
The αβTCR repertoire at scale in the immgenT dataset
Croze M, Yang L, Candéias S, Magill I, Casey O, Piekarsa V, Vijaykumar B, Giudicelli V, Kossida S, Zemmour D, Benoist C, the immgenT Project
bioRxiv. 2026 Feb 2Preprint
Peer-reviewed publications
2026
Inflammatory genital strain of Chlamydia trachomatis elicits a Th17 immune response
Lebron Figueroa A, Magill I, Zemmour D, Starnbach MN
J Immunol. 2026 Jun 7. 215(6)PMID 42413199
2025
Epidermal resident memory T cell fitness requires antigen encounter in the skin
Weiss ES, Hirai T, Li H, Liu A, Baker S, Magill I, Gillis J, Zhang YR, Ramcke T, Kurihara K … Zemmour D … Kaplan DH (4 more authors)
Elife. 2025 Dec 30. 14PMID 41468295
Genomic specificity of anti-mouse TCR mAbs determined by single-cell RNAseq
Magill I, Piekarsa V, Kossida S, Croteau J, Lee A, Balderas R, Zemmour D, Benoist C
J Immunol. 2025 Sep 1. 214(9). 2202-2210PMID 40751448
Olivas AD*, Mou Ngai PC*, Schahrer E, Xing J, Ghadiri M, Olortegui KS, Cursio JF, Akiyama S, Chang EB, Shen L … Zemmour D^, Weber CR^ (2 more authors)
Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2025. 19(10). 101563PMID 40571096
AlJabban A, Azevedo RS, Antel K, Arnette A, Cohen EF, Meredith DM, Murakami MA, Sholl LM, Tolstorukov MY, Tsai HK … Zemmour D … Kim AS (4 more authors)
Am J Clin Pathol. 2025 Oct 4. 164(4). 530-544PMID 40814292
Reilly SP, Smith ML, Borys SM, Fugère C, Demers D, Hogan MJ, Zemmour D, Brossay L
Sci Adv. 2025 Dec 19. 11(51). eaea8707PMID 41417899
2024
Sadigh S, DeAngelo DJ, Garcia JS, Hasserjian RP, Hergott CB, Lane AA, Lovitch SB, Lucas F, Luskin MR, Morgan EA … Zemmour D, Kim AS (6 more authors)
Mod Pathol. 2024 Jan. 37(1). 100352PMID 37839675
NK cells restrain cytotoxic CD8(+) T cells in the submandibular gland via PD-1-PD-L1
Borys SM, Reilly SP, Magill I, Zemmour D, Brossay L
Sci Immunol. 2024 Dec 20. 9(102). eadl2967PMID 39705335
2022
Larocca C, Shanmugam V, Zemmour D, Antin JH, Lane AA
Am J Dermatopathol. 2022 Dec 1. 44(12). 929-932PMID 35642960
The ImmGen consortium OpenSource T cell project
Zemmour D, Goldrath A, Kronenberg M, Kang J, Benoist C
Nat Immunol. 2022 May. 23(5). 643-644PMID 35469020
2021
A Literature-Derived Knowledge Graph Augments the Interpretation of Single Cell RNA-seq Datasets
Doddahonnaiah D, Lenehan PJ, Hughes TK, Zemmour D, Garcia-Rivera E, Venkatakrishnan AJ, Chilaka R, Khare A, Kasaraneni A, Garg A … Soundararajan V (3 more authors)
Genes (Basel). 2021 Jun 10. 12(6)PMID 34200671
Analysis of the Effectiveness of the Ad26.COV2.S Adenoviral Vector Vaccine for Preventing COVID-19
Corchado-Garcia J*, Zemmour D*, Hughes T, Bandi H, Cristea-Platon T, Lenehan P, Pawlowski C, Bade S, O'Horo JC, Gores GJ … Soundararajan V (6 more authors)
JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Nov 1. 4(11). e2132540PMID 34726743
Marek-Iannucci S, Ozdemir AB, Moreira D, Gomez AC, Lane M, Porritt RA, Lee Y, Shimada K, Abe M, Stotland A, Zemmour D … Arditi M (8 more authors)
JCI Insight. 2021 Sep 22. 6(18)PMID 34403365
Mapping each pre-existing condition's association to short-term and long-term COVID-19 complications
Venkatakrishnan AJ, Pawlowski C, Zemmour D, Hughes T, Anand A, Berner G, Kayal N, Puranik A, Conrad I, Bade S … Soundararajan V (5 more authors)
NPJ Digit Med. 2021 Jul 27. 4(1). 117PMID 34315980
NLRP3 Inflammasome Mediates Immune-Stromal Interactions in Vasculitis
Porritt RA*, Zemmour D*, Abe M*, Lee Y, Narayanan M, Carvalho TT, Gomez AC, Martinon D, Santiskulvong C, Fishbein MC … Noval Rivas M (4 more authors)
Circ Res. 2021 Oct 15. 129(9). e183-e200PMID 34517723
Zemmour D, Charbonnier LM, Leon J, Six E, Keles S, Delville M, Benamar M, Baris S, Zuber J, Chen K … Benoist C (10 more authors)
Nat Immunol. 2021 May. 22(5). 607-619PMID 33833438
2020
CD4(+) teff cell heterogeneity: the perspective from single-cell transcriptomics
Zemmour D, Kiner E, Benoist C
Curr Opin Immunol. 2020 Apr. 63. 61-67PMID 32259715
Venkatakrishnan AJ, Puranik A, Anand A, Zemmour D, Yao X, Wu X, Chilaka R, Murakowski DK, Standish K, Raghunathan B … Soundararajan V (7 more authors)
Elife. 2020 May 28. 9PMID 32463365
Neuronal, stromal, and T-regulatory cell crosstalk in murine skeletal muscle
Wang K, Yaghi OK, Spallanzani RG, Chen X, Zemmour D, Lai N, Chiu IM, Benoist C, Mathis D
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Mar 10. 117(10). 5402-5408PMID 32102913
2019
Spallanzani RG, Zemmour D, Xiao T, Jayewickreme T, Li C, Bryce PJ, Benoist C, Mathis D
Sci Immunol. 2019 May 3. 4(35)PMID 31053654
Zilionis R, Engblom C, Pfirschke C, Savova V, Zemmour D, Saatcioglu HD, Krishnan I, Maroni G, Meyerovitz CV, Kerwin CM … Klein AM (7 more authors)
Immunity. 2019 May 21. 50(5). 1317-1334.e10PMID 30979687
2018
Molecular diversification of regulatory T cells in nonlymphoid tissues
DiSpirito JR*, Zemmour D*, Ramanan D, Cho J, Zilionis R, Klein AM, Benoist C, Mathis D
Sci Immunol. 2018 Sep 14. 3(27)PMID 30217811
Single-cell gene expression reveals a landscape of regulatory T cell phenotypes shaped by the TCR
Zemmour D, Zilionis R, Kiner E, Klein AM, Mathis D, Benoist C
Nat Immunol. 2018 Mar. 19(3). 291-301PMID 29434354
TCR Transgenic Mice Reveal Stepwise, Multi-site Acquisition of the Distinctive Fat-Treg Phenotype
Li C, DiSpirito JR, Zemmour D, Spallanzani RG, Kuswanto W, Benoist C, Mathis D
Cell. 2018 Jul 12. 174(2). 285-299.e12PMID 29887374
2017
Flicr, a long noncoding RNA, modulates Foxp3 expression and autoimmunity
Zemmour D, Pratama A, Loughhead SM, Mathis D, Benoist C
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Apr 25. 114(17). E3472-E3480PMID 28396406
Osteoblasts remotely supply lung tumors with cancer-promoting SiglecF(high) neutrophils
Engblom C, Pfirschke C, Zilionis R, Da Silva Martins J, Bos SA, Courties G, Rickelt S, Severe N, Baryawno N, Faget J … Zemmour D … Pittet MJ (21 more authors)
Science. 2017 Dec 1. 358(6367)PMID 29191879
Single-cell barcoding and sequencing using droplet microfluidics
Zilionis R, Nainys J, Veres A, Savova V, Zemmour D, Klein AM, Mazutis L
Nat Protoc. 2017 Jan. 12(1). 44-73PMID 27929523
2015
Aire controls gene expression in the thymic epithelium with ordered stochasticity
Meredith M, Zemmour D, Mathis D, Benoist C
Nat Immunol. 2015 Sep. 16(9). 942-9PMID 26237550
Sefik E, Geva-Zatorsky N, Oh S, Konnikova L, Zemmour D, McGuire AM, Burzyn D, Ortiz-Lopez A, Lobera M, Yang J … Benoist C (6 more authors)
Science. 2015 Aug 28. 349(6251). 993-7PMID 26272906
2013
Conservation and divergence in the transcriptional programs of the human and mouse immune systems
Shay T, Jojic V, Zuk O, Rothamel K, Puyraimond-Zemmour D, Feng T, Wakamatsu E, Benoist C, Koller D, Regev A
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Feb 19. 110(8). 2946-51PMID 23382184
2011
Suspène R, Petit V, Puyraimond-Zemmour D, Aynaud MM, Henry M, Guétard D, Rusniok C, Wain-Hobson S, Vartanian JP
J Virol. 2011 Mar. 85(5). 2458-62PMID 21159878
2008
Inversing the natural hydrogen bonding rule to selectively amplify GC-rich ADAR-edited RNAs
Suspène R, Renard M, Henry M, Guétard D, Puyraimond-Zemmour D, Billecocq A, Bouloy M, Tangy F, Vartanian JP, Wain-Hobson S
Nucleic Acids Res. 2008 Jul. 36(12). e72PMID 18515351
Fetched from PubMed on 2026-09-10. Lab members and alumni are shown in bold; * co-first authors, ^ co-corresponding authors.